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Title Art for Various Stories III

Summary:

Title art for stories that strike my fancy -- if I can find images that match my ideas.

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Newest chapter is a cover art inspired by an AU Old Guard story -- Though my Soul May Set in Darkness (We Will Rise in Perfect Light), by Knoepfchen.

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Okay, that does it for this batch of cover art. If I make any more, I'll create a "Title Art IV" post. I have no idea when -- or if -- that will occur; my muse is growing even more erratic than whatever is "normal" for her.

Notes:

My muse has decided to create art for fanfic -- at random, and sometimes before I even read the story. Go figure. However, I can now admit that my photoshop skills are developing, though I still have much to learn. New art will be added when (if) the muse insists again.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: A Bug in Your Ear by SGAMadison

Chapter Text

Background is the sheer rock face of a cliff, rising to a jagged top edge, with just a strip of blue sky above, and an area of flat, barren, rocky ground at the base of the cliff. A pair of heavy wooden doors is set into a slight alcove in the cliff face, a little left of center. Two large, orange-black-blue iratus bugs cling to the cliff face, one to the lower left of the doors, one to the middle right of the doors. Title, ‘A Bug in Your Ear’ stretches across the rock face above the doors, with the ‘A’ and ‘Ears’ dropped half a letter-height lower than the other words.

Title art inspired by a Stargate Atlantis story, A Bug in Your Ear, by SGAMadison.

 

 

 

Chapter 2: We Could Be an Ancient Tale by Mellyflori

Chapter Text

Background is a wide swath of green meadow across the bottom of the scene; a line of dense forest rises behind the meadow, stretching into the blue sky above. The left side is dominated by an ornate castle in pale stone with slate-gray roofs and half a dozen visible turrets, large and small. Only the upper three floors of one wing of the castle is seen, but it fills the picture from bottom to top, from left side to center. Text reads ‘We Could Be an Ancient Tale’ in ornate script, across the forest and back edge of the meadow, to the right of the castle.

Title art inspired by an Old Guard story, We Could Be an Ancient Tale, by Mellyflori.

 

 

 

Chapter 3: Sha Ka Ree #2 by ThereBeWhalesHere

Chapter Text

Background is an elongated nebula in swirls of pink, orange, yellow, and blue that stretches from lower left to upper right with a bit of starry black in upper left corner. A sheer cliff-face, in tans and grays, stretches from lower left to upper right, meeting the nebula in an uneven, jagged but swooping border. The black opening of a cave shows at the bottom of the cliff, near the right side. The USS Enterprise fills the top third of the picture, partially covering the nebula and top of the cliff-face. Text reads 'Sha Ka Ree', stretching across the bottom of the cliff-face, from left edge to cave opening.

Title art inspired by a Star Trek story, Sha Ka Re, by ThereBeWhalesHere.

I already made a cover for this story. But when I recc’d the story in my Dreamwidth today, my muse decided that my first attempt was too plain and “blah”. She insisted that such a vibrant story needed a vibrant cover. It’s as good a way as any to spend a Sunday afternoon.

 

 

 

Chapter 4: Will You Stay Just a Little Bit Longer? by Bedalk05

Notes:

Not a cover this time; the following 5 images are all internal illustration art inspired by an Old Guard story, "Will You Stay Just a Little Bit Longer?", by Bedalk05.

Edit: 24 hours after posting this chapter, my muse insisted that I make cover art. (She said not a peep until yesterday evening, then suddenly she's shrieking, "Do it now, now, NOW!!!") I've added it at the top of the internal art.

This story ate my brain in the very best way; I fell so hard that I illustrated it and sent it to my iPad. I loved everything about it -- the twins were delightful, Joe as a teacher works so well, and Andy and Quynh as Nicky’s rescuers and great role models are superb. But what I think I liked most was that, as wonderful and engaging as everyone is, the author didn’t gloss over the hard parts. I love how all the threads and pieces are woven together to make such a beautiful tapestry of happiness and love for all the characters. This a thoroughly feel-good, happy-family story; if you’re interested in a non-immortal AU with cute, precocious kids, I highly recommend it. Enjoy the ride; it’s spectacular.

Chapter Text

 

Background is broad streaks of muted, textured rainbow color, from bottom left to top right. Foreground: A pit-bull dog, gray with white stripe on her face and a white chest, sits just left of center, head cocked, looking at viewer. A black and white cat is just right of center, also looking at the viewer. The cat stands on a kitchen table, which raises her head to almost level with the dog’s head. The table extends off the right side of the page; its top surface is covered with a variety of smeared colors, dried paint left over from childish art projects. Behind the dog, extending off the left side of the page, are two blue, plastic storage boxes. The top box is labeled ‘Amani and Basim’ on the side; the bottom box is labeled ‘Baba’. Text reads ‘Will You Stay Just a Little Bit Longer?’ across the top of the page, above the dog and cat.

 

 

A sheet of pale parchment-paper has a scrollwork design in the upper left corner, extending halfway along the top and left margins, and a matching scrollwork design in the lower right corner, extending halfway along the bottom and right margins. In the center is a clear rounded clear glass tumbler, half-full of a yellowish-greenish liquid. Two green mint leaves float on the surface of the drink, a slice of lime has been slid onto the rim of the tumbler, and a cluster of four mint leaves lie next to the bottom right edge of the tumbler. Text reads 'INTRODUCING' above the illustrated drink, and 'The Sparkling Wit' below.

 

 

A medium-dark wooden frame stretches across the page, twice as wide as it is tall. The ‘picture’ is a three-line verse in elegant calligraphy, in both English and Arabic. The English verse is in the upper left corner, stretching 2/3rds across the image. The Arabic verse is in the lower left corner, stretching 2/3rds across the image. The ‘empty’ areas to the right of the English writing and to the left of the Arabic writing are decorated with curling scrollwork in a leafy pattern. The verse reads: “Because my love for you / Is higher than words, / I have decided to fall silent.”

 

 

A dark polished-wood frame showcases a four-line verse in elegant calligraphy. The verse reads: “You may shoot me with your words, / You may cut me with your eyes, / You may kill me with your hatefulness, / But still, like air, I'll rise.”

 

 

A plain, off-white T-shirt has a large design on the chest -- a cluster of 5 green leaves (broad, pointed, with serrated edges) arranged as a fan, with a cluster of three tomatoes in front of the base of the leaf-fan. Below the design, ‘Legalize’ is written in leaf-green, on a slant from lower left (right side of shirt) to center just below tomatoes. ‘Marinara’ is written in tomato-red, from the middle of the word ‘Legalize’ in a straight line to the right (left side of shirt).

 

 

A medium light-dark wooden frame stretches across the page, twice as wide as it is tall; the picture within is a painting of Boccadasse, Italy. On the left, a cluster of pastel-colored (yellow, rose, cinnamon, blue-green, tangerine), multi-story buildings seems to rise directly from the ocean, with just a very narrow strip of land between the water and the buildings; dark discoloration on the lower part of the buildings suggests that high tide covers that part of the walls, and living quarters are above that level. The ocean is very blue-green, broken by dark rocks rising from the water, stretching from just behind the buildings across to the right side of the picture; low turbulance creates white froth around the rocks. Far behind the close buildings seems to be indistinct buildings, possibly on the other side of a bay. Behind them is a range of blue-gray hills rising in the distance, with an overcast blue-gray-white cloudy sky above all.

 

 

 

Two Gay Pride T-shirts are displayed on a plain white rectangle. The left shirt is tie-dyed in a spiral pattern out from the chest, in rainbow colors. A small logo at the right shoulder reads ‘SHS Pride’ in rainbow colors on a white background. The right shirt is medium gray. The words on the front are jagged -- each letter is crooked, and each is a different color -- ‘Can’t Even Think Straight’. A stylized rainbow icon decorates the bottom of each sleeve.

 

 

 

Two Gay Pride T-shirts are displayed on a plain white rectangle. The left shirt is red. A white circle on the front depicts a cartoon of a possibly-Asian warrior woman, leaping into action with long black hair flying, wielding a long katana in front of her body. The logo within the circle reads, ‘Sword Lesbians Will Save the World’. A stylized rainbow icon decorates the bottom of each sleeve The right shirt is black, with two double-bladed battle-axes on the front, crossed like an X. Above and below the axes, ‘I Swing Both Ways Violently With An Ax’ is displayed in red letters. A bisexual-flag icon decorates the bottom of each sleeve.

 

 

 

Two Gay Pride T-shirts are displayed on a plain white rectangle. The left shirt is pale blue. On the front, a childish scrawl of a rainbow curves from mid right side to high left side. Within the curve of the rainbow and stretching down, the shirt reads ‘Started from the Bottom, Now We’re Queer’, each word in a different color. Smaller versions of the childish rainbow decorate the bottom of each sleeve. The right shirt is yellow. On the front is a cluster of lush purple roses. An ornate, jeweled dagger, with amethysts set at the ends of the hilt is plunged through the roses; the hilt protrudes toward the left shoulder, and the point protrudes toward the right hip. The shirt reads ‘Dagger’ above the roses, and ‘Demi’ below. A stylized rainbow icon decorates the bottom of each sleeve.

 

 

 

Chapter 5: Dare Me to Date You, by linascribbles

Chapter Text

Background is a rough, block-stone wall in shades of tan and gray. Center foreground is a small, round table for two, draped with a cream-colored tablecloth. A wooden, ladder-back, cane-bottomed chair sits on either side of the table. On the table is a large glass cup of chocolate mousse; a spoon is stuck into the top of the mousse, while a second spoon lies on the table in front of the mousse-cup. A small bouquet of white jasmine flowers hangs from the top right corner, and another stands in the lower left corner. Text reads ‘Dare Me to Date You’ across the width of the picture, above the table.

Title art inspired by an Old Guard story, Dare Me to Date You, by linascribbles.

 

 

 

Chapter 6: Loving Rodney by LadyRa

Chapter Text

Background is a night sky full of stars. A stargate fills the left 2/3rds of the page. Within the event horizon floats a ZPM, surrounded by a plumber’s wrench, a wire cutter, three coils of electrical wire, and two 3 Musketeers bars. Text reads ‘Loving Rodney’ to the right of the stargate, crossing the starfield .

Title art inspired by a Stargate Atlantis story, Loving Rodney, by LadyRa.

 

 

 

Chapter 7: One Hell of a Penguin by Antarctic_Echoes

Chapter Text

Background is a section of indoor ice-skating rink, a stretch of ice, with a hazy glass wall in the distance, with viewing rooms behind it. A knitted afghan in a zigzag pattern of dark and light greens, dark and light burgandys, and orange and yellow hangs from the top left corner, stretching 1/3rd across the picture. A pair of black ice skates stands on the ice in front of the afghan. In the middle of the picture, a Galapagos penguin is on his stomach, sliding across the ice, stretching from the right edge almost to the edge of the afghan. A small brown tabby cat rides on the penguin’s back. The penguin’s head is turned 45 degrees toward the viewer, and the cat’s head is turned fully to look at the viewer; she has blue-green eyes. Text reads “One Hell of a” across the glass wall above the penguin, and “Penguin” below the bird’s belly.

Title art inspired by a Lucifer story, One Hell of a Penguin, by Antarctic_Echoes.

 

 

 

Chapter 8: Disturb the Universe, by Roberly

Chapter Text

Background is a view of flat, dried, cracked mud, with pastel shades of purple, pink, and blue overlaying the basic gray like an oil-rainbow-burst in a street-puddle. Text reads ‘Disturb the Universe’, with each word at a different angle between the major cracks.

Title art inspired by a Harry Potter-NCIS story, Disturb the Universe, by Roberly.

 

 

 

Chapter 9: The Dragon Murders by Raine_Wynd

Chapter Text

Background is a section of rough stone wall in shades of tan and cream. On the left side, stretching from top to bottom, is a stylized Chinese dragon in green, gold, and orange; it is scowling and breathing fire toward the lower right corner. A black panther with blue eyes stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a gray wolf in the lower right quarter, both have their ears pricked and are looking toward the viewer. Between the panther’s head and dragon’s tail is an ornate armband-bracelet, made of silver curlicues to go around the wrist, with a large, round, smoky-red stone in the center. At the top right corner, extending toward the dragon is a metal gauntlet, the fingers curled into a fist, with a sword extruding from the forearm of the gauntlet forward over the hand portion. Text reads ‘The Dragon Murders’ below the gauntlet and above the panther-wolf pair.

Title art inspired by a Sentinel / Witchblade crossover story, The Dragon Murders, by Raine_Wynd.

 

 

 

Chapter 10: With You, I Am Home by Antarctic_Echoes

Chapter Text

Background is the wall decoration behind Lucifer’s bed -- a stone (?) panel with scantily-clad dancing figures and cuneiform writing in shades of tan and gray, faded and blurred. On the left side, stretching from top to bottom is a knitted dress in aqua-blue; it has 3/4-length sleeves, a knee-length gored skirt, and a cluster of knitted flowers at the left side of the neckline. The top right corner holds a skein of aqua-blue yarn, with a pair of red knitting needles below it and a small swatch of ribbed knitting on one of the needles. The bottom right corner has a large round white ceramic baking dish full of German spaetzle (noodles with creamy sauce, onions, and bacon). A tray of bacon-wrapped bundles of green beans is behind the spaetzle to the right, a glass of red wine behind the spaetzle to the left. Text reads ‘With You, I Am Home’ to the right of the dress, above the food-group.

Title art inspired by a Lucifer story, With You, I Am Home, by Antarctic_Echoes.

 

 

 

Chapter 11: What Gets in the Way by Raine_Wynd

Chapter Text

Background is a section of rough stone wall in shades of tan and cream. In the upper left corner, a man’s back-of-head and back-of-torso is visible; he is carrying a large, apparently full, blue backpack over his shoulders, with a grenade sitting on top of the backpack, and another grenade resting next to the bottom of the backpack. In the upper right corner, a black panther with blue eyes stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a gray wolf -- head-shots only; both have ears pricked and are looking toward the viewer. At center bottom is a metal gauntlet, the fingers curled into a fist, with a sword extruding from the forearm of the gauntlet forward over the hand portion, aiming toward the man with the backpack and grenades. An ornate armband-bracelet, made of silver curlicues to go around the wrist, with a large, round, smoky-red stone in the center, is placed just above and to the right of the gauntlet. Text reads ‘What Gets in the Way’ in the middle of the stone wall, between the man and the animals, above the gauntlet.

Title art inspired by a Sentinel / Witchblade crossover story, What Gets in the Way, by Raine_Wynd.

 

 

 

Chapter 12: A Novel Solution by Azar

Chapter Text

Background is a red, rocky, barren desert ground under a night sky. A multicolored, brightly-glowing section of nebula stars arches like a rainbow across the sky. At the left edge of the arch, a giant, flat bluff of red rock rises straight up from the desert floor. Some distance to the right, and closer to the viewer, a tall, massive, tower/pillar of red rock stretches up to seemingly touch the top of the arch. A large open book lies at the bottom left corner of the picture. The top right corner has an image of Sam Beckett in the ‘Imaging Chamber’, wearing his silver leaping suit, arms outstretched, with blue light swirling around him in the process of leaping. Text reads ‘A Novel Solution’ at the left side of the sky, above the rock bluff, crossing the nebula arch.

Title art inspired by a Sentinel / Quantum Leap crossover story, A Novel Solution, by Azar.

 

 

 

Chapter 13: Kurgan by Rainbowagness

Chapter Text

A field of closely-growing sunflowers stretches across the lower third of the image. Behind the sunflowers, to the left, is an old stone farmhouse with a faded red roof, surrounded by trees and bushes. At the center of the image, the trees blend into a wide swath of rough, native grasses that stretch to a kurgan (ancient burial mound), covered with the same green native grasses, that slopes upward, where it hits the right edge of the image before we see the crest of the mound. Over all is a blue sky with streamers of white clouds. Text reads ‘Kurgan’ in the far right sky, above the burial mound.

Title art inspired by an Old Guard story, Kurgan, by Rainbowagness.

EDIT 9/12/22: I wasn't 100% happy with the first cover because I thought the kurgan -- the hill of the burial mound -- wasn't distinct enough. I finally figured out how to fix/change that, and uploaded the new picture.

 

 

 

Chapter 14: The Other Side of This Wide Night by Mellyflori

Chapter Text

Background is a swatch of heavily star-speckled sky, medium blue on the bottom and middle, shading to darker blue at the top. A plate of several varieties of sushi, nicely arranged, is center-picture, with a fork laying on right side of plate, and a pair of chopsticks laying on left side of plate. Text reads ‘The Other Side of This Wide Night’ stretching the width of the sky above the sushi-plate.

Title art inspired by an Old Guard story, The Other Side of This Wide Night, by Mellyflori.

 

 

 

Chapter 15: My Brother's Virtuous Concubine by Okapi

Chapter Text

An enclosed courtyard, with walkways laid out in a + pattern; they are paved with patterned mosaic tile. The edges of the walkways are lined with knee-high filigreed barriers that enclose lush vegetation -- low-growing leafy plants, with trees rising from the middle of each planting area. Where the walkways meet in the center is a depressed octagonal area. A white marble fountain with a carved base and fluted bowl stands in the center of the octagon. The surface of the water is covered with red and pink rose petals, and a low column of water bubbles up from the center. At the top of the + is a wall inset with an arched entryway. A large, tall mirror is set on the wall farther back beyond the arch; the mirror reflects some of the vegetation and the bowl of the fountain.

Interior art inspired by an Old Guard story, My Brother’s Virtuous Concubine, by Okapi.
Yusuf dreams of a beautiful courtyard, and I couldn't resist illustrating it.

 

 

 

Chapter 16: The Conqueror by Mark Clifton (profic sci-fi)

Chapter Text

Background is a plain, flat tan color, with a large white oval in the middle. Within the oval is a pile of brown dahlia tubers; they look like elongated potatoes. Surrounding the tubers, and partially obscuring them, are four dahlia blossoms in different colors -- red-and-yellow, red, pink, purple. The left, bottom, and right blossoms extend past the edge of the center oval, to cover areas of the tan background. Text reads ‘The Conqueror’ within the oval, curved to follow its boundary.

Title art inspired by a profic sci-fi story, The Conqueror, by Mark Clifton.

This is an old (pub. 1952) short story that I loved as a young teen. I recently recalled it, searched, and found it on the web. Then I just had to save it to my iPad... and then (of course!) I had to make a cover. It’s a whimsical little tale; the language and telling has a sort of fairytale feel, and the story hinges around an improbable "what if". But it's so charming that we're left with a feeling of, "Gee, if only..."

 

 

 

Chapter 17: Fortune's Son by LdyAnne

Chapter Text

Background is Hawaiian beach scene: looking out over the water, with the sun sinking into the horizon at center of picture. A path of gold lights the water to the beach, and the clouds at horizon level are gold. The sky above is a dusky blue, with blue-purple clouds streaming from center picture off to the right. The foreground, stretching from bottom left corner to horizon-line on right edge, is a paved pathway between wooden guardrails, meandering through lush greenery, slightly above the beach beyond. A pair of palm trees overlook the path on the right side. In the top left corner of the sky is a chest-and-head shot of a smiling Tomas Magnum, wearing a blue-and-white flowered Hawaiian shirt. In front of Magnum’s left shoulder is a head-and-chest shot of a very young Tony DiNozzo, wearing a green polo shirt, with brown hair hanging over his forehead. Text reads ‘Fortune’s Son’ slanting across the sky, between the people and the palm trees.

Title art inspired by a Magnum P.I / NCIS crossover story, Fortune’s Son, by LdyAnne.

 

 

 

Chapter 18: Shoot Your Best Shot by Linascribbles

Chapter Text

Background is all green grass. Center foreground is a standard black-and-white soccer ball. On the left side of the soccer ball, filling most of the left side of the picture, a golden retriever puppy stands with his front paws on the ball, head turned to look toward the viewer. In the top right corner, a black, professional-model camera, with a neck-strap trailing behind it, points toward the dog and ball. Text reads ‘Shoot Your Best Shot’, stair-stepping down between the dog/ball and camera.

Title art inspired by an Old Guard story, Shoot Your Best Shot, by Linascribbles.

 

 

 

Chapter 19: What Happened in Vegas? by Incarnadine19

Chapter Text

Background is a dark blue star-filled sky, with a stretch of gray asphalt road at the lower edge/foreground. A large tiger fills the lower left quadrant; it is lying relaxed on the road surface, with one front paw crossed casually over the other while it looks toward the viewer. Behind the tiger, stretching to and off the right side of the picture, is a bright yellow Hummer limousine with golden wheel-rims. Behind the limo is a brown-tiled, swooping roof of a building; ‘Maui Tiki Bar’ is splayed across the front eaves in lighted, golden letters. A full moon floats high in the sky above the bar. Text reads ‘What Happened in Vegas?’ across the sky, to the left of the roof, above the tiger.

Title art inspired by a Lucifer story, What Happened in Vegas? by Incarnadine19.

 

 

 

Chapter 20: I Am the Cat Who Walks by Himself by GreywolftheWanderer

Chapter Text

Background is a muted, multicolored section of one of Atlantis’s windows. On the left, Rodney is wearing gate-team gear and vest, facing right. His arms are stretched in front of him, hands upraised, with fire erupting from each palm. Standing next to Rodney on his right (closer to viewer), is head-and-shoulders of a large snow leopard; its mouth is open in a semi-snarl as it looks upward and to the right. Text fills the right side of the picture, starting above Rodney’s arms, curling around his hands and fire, ending under his arms, in front of the leopard. It reads, ‘I Am the Cat Who Walks by Himself’.

Title art inspired by a Stargate Atlantis story, I Am the Cat Who Walks by Himself, by GreywolftheWanderer.

 

 

 

Chapter 21: The Moor Cat of the McKays by Elayna

Chapter Text

Background is a large area of Scottish moorland, green and tan, with rolling hills and craggy bluffs extending into the distance toward the horizon. The sky is cloudy-gray, and the scene is covered with a light mist. In the center of the picture, at some distance from the viewer, a small loch disappears behind a hill. Beyond the loch is a large, elaborate manor house (although it looks small in the distance); it is built of pale stone, and has tall, mature trees beside and behind it. In the lower left corner of the picture, a large, gray-and-tan Scottish wildcat sits on a section of fallen, weathered tree, with another section of wood rising behind the cat. Its head is turned so that it regards the viewer with a rather baleful glare. Text reads ‘The Moor Cat of the McKays’ in the sky above the cat and the distant hills.

Title art inspired by a Stargate Atlantis story, The Moor Cat of the McKays, by Elayna.

 

 

 

Chapter 22: Serieux, by SASundance

Chapter Text

Background is a living-room scene. A fireplace fills the center of the back wall; two tall wooden candlesticks stand on the left side of the mantle, and a potted plant on the right side. A large framed picture hangs above the mantle, an impressionistic landscape in tans and golds. To the left of the fireplace, a tall, narrow window has a potted tree in front of it, with a baby grand piano in front of that. The piano has a lush potted plant sitting on the top, with a small framed picture next to it; the piano is open, with the keys visible. A pair of upholstered chairs stand to the right of the fireplace, facing the piano. They are mostly hidden by a character grouping -- A head-and-shoulders view of Tony DiNozzo, face calm, gazing directly at the viewer. Half-hidden behind Tony’s right side is a head-and-shoulders view of Sirius Black; he’s also gazing directly at the viewer, but his image is somewhat faded, as if he’s not totally present. In front of Tony and Sirius, with his head at their chest-level, is a large black dog; he’s gazing at the viewer with both ears pricked up and his mouth open in a doggie grin. Text reads ‘Serieux’ across the fallboard of the piano, just above the keys.

Title art inspired by an NCIS x Harry Potter crossover story, Serieux, by SASundance.

 

 

 

Chapter 23: Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: A Crush on a Witch Brings Nothing But Trouble by incurableromancer

Chapter Text

Background is a double-page of scientific text in Arabic writing, faded and old, with a drawing in the top right corner -- a round object with red lines from the side edges upward toward a point. In the middle of the page is a black cauldron on legs, with roils of blue and green smoke rising upward off the top edge of the scene. A large Bengal cat -- tan, with brown spots and stripes -- sits directly in front of the cauldron. She sits on the bottom edge of the page, as tall as 2/3rds up the page, her ears level with the lip of the cauldron. She is looking directly at the viewer, with a firm expression that warns us not to make a single wrong step. Text reads ‘Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble:’ at top left, beside the colored smoke. ‘A Crush on a Witch’ at bottom left beside the cat. ‘Brings Nothing But Trouble’ at bottom right beside the cat.

Title art inspired by an Old Guard story, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: A Crush on a Witch Brings Nothing But Trouble, by incurableromancer.

 

 

 

Chapter 24: The Night in Flames by Raine-Wynd

Chapter Text

Background is a section of rough stone wall in shades of tan and cream. From the upper left, a house stretches 2/3rds across and down the screen. The house is two stories, painted yellow with brown shutters by the windows. A wide porch stretches across the entire front and wraps around the side, edged by white railing. A row of bushes covered with white flowers are growing in front of and below the porch. The house is set in a large green yard, with tall, leafy trees behind the house. A blue-eyed black panther and a gray-and-tan wolf lie side-by-side, heads raised alertly, looking at the viewer. An ornate armband-bracelet, made of silver curlicues to go around the wrist, with a large, round, smoky-red stone in the center, rests in front of the panther and wolf where their shoulders are pressed together. Text reads ‘The Night in Flames’ on the right side of the picture, beside the house.

Title art inspired by a crossover Sentinel-Witchblade story, The Night in Flames, by Raine_Wynd.

 

 

 

Chapter 25: As I Live and Breathe by Sorka42

Chapter Text

Background is a blue ocean. An aerial view of Atlantis, with its towers and piers, fills the center of the screen. In the upper left corner floats an oval depiction of warped space -- grid-lines bent and curved and disappearing into a central, bright, shining hole. An old-fashioned hourglass is at the edge of the warped space-field, tumbling toward the bright event horizon. Text reads ‘As I Live and Breathe’ arrayed above and to the right of Atlantis.

Title art inspired by a Stargate Atlantis story, As I Live and Breathe, by Sorka42.

 

 

 

Chapter 26: Behavioral Analysis by wereleopard58

Chapter Text

Background is a cream-colored brick wall. In the center is an open laptop, with legal form displayed on the screen; a small stack of file folders with pages peeking out rests on the keyboard. An oval headshot of each character is placed at the corners -- Gibbs upper left, Hotchner upper right, DiNozzo lower right, Reid lower left. Text reads ‘Behavioural’ above the laptop, ‘Analysis’ below the laptop.

Title art inspired by a crossover NCIS x Criminal Minds story, Behavioural Analysis, by wereleopard.

 

 

 

Chapter 27: The Familiar’s Wizard by TrekCat (Rachel500)

Chapter Text

Background shows a centered English manor house, two-story, built of stone. It has a large front lawn, with flowers growing against the walls. There are lush, dense, evergreen trees at the edges of the lawn to each side of the manor, and the land behind rises in a gentle, tree-studded hill. Overhead is a sunny blue sky with white clouds drifting. In the left foreground, Tony DiNozzo stands between the manor and the trees; he’s wearing a medium-gray suit, with his hands in his pockets, and watching the viewer with a half-smile and a cocked eyebrow. Slightly farther back, a large, longhaired black cat sits upright on the lawn directly in front of the manor, staring firmly at the viewer. Floating in the air, in front of the tree to the right of Tony’s head, is a silver British badge (7 points, with a crown in place of the 8th top point) with the Pendragon crest in the center -- a dragon etched in silver and gold, neck arched, wings open above its back -- centered in a circle of royal purple, with ‘Pendragon’ displayed at the top edge of the circle, above the dragon. Text reads ‘The Familiar’s Wizard’ in royal purple in the sky above the manor house.

Title art inspired by an NCIS x Arthurian legends crossover story, The Familiar’s Wizard, by TrekCat (Rachel500).

 

 

 

Chapter 28: All This Time, I've Been Hiding by Nataliaa.

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Background is an expanse of semi-barren scrub-land. The ground rises slightly in front of the viewer, with a cloudless blue sky overhead. At the left is a clump of weeds growing around a large rock, with two scrubby, low-growing evergreen trees behind it. To the right is an expanse of patchy, yellow-brown native grasses leading up the rise toward several scrubby trees growing on the other side of the rise. In the center, from the bottom of the picture to the top of the rise, is a series of patchy bare spots of hard-baked pale dirt scattered with pebbles -- not an actual footpath, but an area of least resistance if one must travel forward. In the foreground are two large swords -- a curved, mid-eastern saif to the left, a straight European longsword to the right. Both are in a non-aggressive position, hilts up, but blades pointing down, almost touching the ground; the blades cross each other to form an X. Text reads ‘All This Time, I’ve Been Hiding’ in the sky above the swords.

Title art inspired by an Old Guard story, All This Time, I’ve Been Hiding, by Nataliaa.

 

 

 

Chapter 29: Oxytocin by WouldItWere

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Background is pale gray fitted stone -- a bedroom wall at Hogwarts. A bed fills most of the center -- double-sized four-poster in heavy dark wood, with Slytherin-green valence, side-curtains, and bedspread in a paisley pattern. Head-and-shoulder shots of 8th-year Draco and Harry float next to the top rail and valence of the bed. Draco, wearing a medium-gray sweater/jumper with his Slytherin-green tie at the collar of his shirt is to the left; his head is tilted slightly to the left as he gazes at the viewer. Harry, wearing a charcoal-gray sweater/jumper with his Gryffindor-red tie at the collar of his shirt is to the right; he faces the viewer directly with a calm gaze. Text reads ‘Oxytocin’ above the bed, between the boys.

Title art inspired by a Harry Potter story, Oxytocin, by WouldItWere.

Note to Readers: This story is currently unfinished -- 36/37 chapters. However, the current ending is not a cliffhanger; Harry and Draco seem to have dealt with their issues and come together stronger than ever. A final chapter would provide a nice bow to neatly wrap everything up, but isn’t necessary for a satisfactory story.

 

 

 

Chapter 30: Though my Soul May Set in Darkness (We Will Rise in Perfect Light), by Knoepfchen

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Background is a row of dark green, dense-growth pine forest, stretching from edge to edge across the top half of the image. A clearing of short, light-green grass and small yellow and white flowers stretches to the trees, across the bottom half of the image. A cabin stands at the right edge of the picture, facing toward the center. It is made of wood, with a covered porch across the front, and a red-brick chimney on the right side; the front door is standing open. Part of a pond fills the lower left part of the picture, just a few yards from the cabin. Two small glass vials, each with a bulbous base, a long narrow neck, and a cork in the top hover between the lines of the title. Text reads 'Though my Soul May Set in Darkness (We Will Rise in Perfect Light)' in 4 lines, across the green forest to the left of the cabin.

Title art inspired by an AU Old Guard story, Though my Soul May Set in Darkness (We Will Rise in Perfect Light), by Knoepfchen.

 

 

 

Notes:

Note to Guests: I apologize for disabling your ability to leave a comment. But AO3 is being hit by what fans on Reddit are calling the “praise bot” or “nice-comment bot.” Even though the comments are “nice” (although very generic, with no relation to the actual story), it’s unpleasant to get one. As I said in a discussion, The only “payment” authors get on our works is kudos and comments. Getting a bot comment is like being paid in counterfeit money. It’s exciting to get a notice of a new comment -- then to open it and realize it’s a bot is a real sucker-punch.

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